Appendix table 1. Survey establishment response, private
industry, National Compensation Survey, 2013
Establishments Number of
establishments
Total in sampling frame(1)................... 5,922,854
Total in sample............................ 3,352
Responding(2)............................ 2,509
Refused(3)............................... 609
Out of business or not in survey scope... 234
1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2012
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For
private industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location.
2 Establishments that provided data at the initial
interview.
3 Establishments that did not provide data at the initial
interview. Data for establishments not responding at the
time of update interviews are imputed. Detailed information
on nonresponse adjustment and imputation can be found in BLS
Handbook of Methods, Chapter 8, “National Compensation
Measures,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the Internet at
www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf.